I am super excited about our new on-line book club. While it would be nice to meet and talk about the books over a cup of hot chocolate - however the tyranny of distance and our busy lives means that this should be a good alternative way to talk about books.
You should find this Wiki easy to use. I have the admin rights but you can write on any of the 'pages' simply by pressing the 'edit' button on the top right hand corner. Make sure that you press save when you have finished. If you have any questions about how to use the technology do not hesitate to email me. It would be awful for you not to feel that you can participate because you are not sure how to do things. I am not IT expert but I can use the basic features of the Wiki so I should be able to help you.
To get to know each other I thought that it would be a good idea for everyone to upload a photo of themselves and to write some things about themselves. I have posted some questions for everyone to answer to take the pressure off writing about yourself! Go to the 'member profile' section to do this.
We will choose the books in the following way - one person (listed below) will nominate three books and everyone will vote for which of those three books they would like to read. Books can be fiction or non-fiction, modern or classics. If you find that you have read all three books that have been nominated (super book nerd!), send me an email and I will arrange for some new books to be nominated. Nominating and voting for books is very easy and can be done via the 'book nomination' section.
I hope that the following time frames will work for everyone:
- after the book has been chosen there will be two weeks to buy the book
- there will be six weeks to read the book
- there will be two weeks to discuss the book
I will set up a separate 'page' for each of the books that we are reading. If you have nominate the books it would be great if you could write up a few questions to get the discussion going. Everyone should, in the first instance, write their overall feeling/ reflections about the book and then answer the set questions. As book clubs work best as a discussion it would be great if everyone could also post comments/ ideas/ questions about the post that others have put up.
The following is a list of the time frames for reading and discussing the books and who will be nominating the books when. I will add to these dates as we get further down the track.
2017
Friday 6th October to Friday 20th October - online discussion about book 36
Friday 20th October – book 37 nominations (by Lucy)
Friday 27th October – everyone to have voted on book 37
Friday 8th December – everyone to have read book 37
Friday 8th December – Friday 22nd December – online discussion about book 37
2018
Friday 19th January - book 38 nominations (by Rachel)
Friday 26th January - everyone to have voted on book 38
Friday 9th March - everyone to have read book 38
Friday 9th March to Friday 23rd March - online discussion about book 38
Friday 23rd March - book 39 nominations (by Carissa)
Friday 30th March - everyone to have voted on book 39
Friday 11th May - everyone to have read book 39
Friday 11th May to Friday 25th May - online discussions about book 39
Friday 25th May - book 40 nominations (by Mel)
Friday 1st June - everyone to have voted on book 40
Friday 13th July - everyone to have read book 40
Friday 13th July to Friday 27th July - online discussion about book 40
Friday 27th July- book 41 nominations (by Lynne)
Friday 3rd August - everyone to have voted on book 41
Friday 14th September - everyone to have read book 41
Friday 15th September to Friday 26th October - online discussion about book 41
Friday 26th October - book 42 nominations (by Sharyn)
Friday 2nd November - everyone to have voted on book 42
2019
Friday 11th January - everyone to have read book 42 (8 weeks to read due to Xmas)
Friday 11th to Friday 26th January - online discussion about book 42
Order in which we will choose the books:
1) Mel
2) Lynne
3) Sharyn
4) Michelle
5) Gen
6) Lara
7) Lucy
8) Rachel
9) Carissa
There is also a 'book recommendations' sections so that we can share some of our favourite books that we have read in the past or that we read over the course of our book club. Please add to the list that has already been created.
I am super excited about our new on-line book club. While it would be nice to meet and talk about the books over a cup of hot chocolate - however the tyranny of distance and our busy lives means that this should be a good alternative way to talk about books.
You should find this Wiki easy to use. I have the admin rights but you can write on any of the 'pages' simply by pressing the 'edit' button on the top right hand corner. Make sure that you press save when you have finished. If you have any questions about how to use the technology do not hesitate to email me. It would be awful for you not to feel that you can participate because you are not sure how to do things. I am not IT expert but I can use the basic features of the Wiki so I should be able to help you.
To get to know each other I thought that it would be a good idea for everyone to upload a photo of themselves and to write some things about themselves. I have posted some questions for everyone to answer to take the pressure off writing about yourself! Go to the 'member profile' section to do this.
We will choose the books in the following way - one person (listed below) will nominate three books and everyone will vote for which of those three books they would like to read. Books can be fiction or non-fiction, modern or classics. If you find that you have read all three books that have been nominated (super book nerd!), send me an email and I will arrange for some new books to be nominated. Nominating and voting for books is very easy and can be done via the 'book nomination' section.
I hope that the following time frames will work for everyone:
- after the book has been chosen there will be two weeks to buy the book
- there will be six weeks to read the book
- there will be two weeks to discuss the book
I will set up a separate 'page' for each of the books that we are reading. If you have nominate the books it would be great if you could write up a few questions to get the discussion going. Everyone should, in the first instance, write their overall feeling/ reflections about the book and then answer the set questions. As book clubs work best as a discussion it would be great if everyone could also post comments/ ideas/ questions about the post that others have put up.
The following is a list of the time frames for reading and discussing the books and who will be nominating the books when. I will add to these dates as we get further down the track.
2017
Friday 6th October to Friday 20th October - online discussion about book 36
Friday 20th October – book 37 nominations (by Lucy)
Friday 27th October – everyone to have voted on book 37
Friday 8th December – everyone to have read book 37
Friday 8th December – Friday 22nd December – online discussion about book 37
2018
Friday 19th January - book 38 nominations (by Rachel)
Friday 26th January - everyone to have voted on book 38
Friday 9th March - everyone to have read book 38
Friday 9th March to Friday 23rd March - online discussion about book 38
Friday 23rd March - book 39 nominations (by Carissa)
Friday 30th March - everyone to have voted on book 39
Friday 11th May - everyone to have read book 39
Friday 11th May to Friday 25th May - online discussions about book 39
Friday 25th May - book 40 nominations (by Mel)
Friday 1st June - everyone to have voted on book 40
Friday 13th July - everyone to have read book 40
Friday 13th July to Friday 27th July - online discussion about book 40
Friday 27th July- book 41 nominations (by Lynne)
Friday 3rd August - everyone to have voted on book 41
Friday 14th September - everyone to have read book 41
Friday 15th September to Friday 26th October - online discussion about book 41
Friday 26th October - book 42 nominations (by Sharyn)
Friday 2nd November - everyone to have voted on book 42
2019
Friday 11th January - everyone to have read book 42 (8 weeks to read due to Xmas)
Friday 11th to Friday 26th January - online discussion about book 42
Order in which we will choose the books:
1) Mel
2) Lynne
3) Sharyn
4) Michelle
5) Gen
6) Lara
7) Lucy
8) Rachel
9) Carissa
There is also a 'book recommendations' sections so that we can share some of our favourite books that we have read in the past or that we read over the course of our book club. Please add to the list that has already been created.